43 ideas
| 5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
| 5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
| 6222 | If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland] |
| 22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
| 6217 | Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland] |
| 5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
| 2854 | Prescriptivism says 'ought' without commitment to act is insincere, or weakly used [Hooker,B] |
| 23874 | Armies and businesses create moralities in which their activity can do no wrong [Marx, by Weil] |
| 6221 | If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland] |
| 2856 | Universal moral judgements imply the Golden Rule ('do as you would be done by') [Hooker,B] |
| 6218 | The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland] |
| 6220 | The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland] |
| 20883 | Modern utilitarians value knowledge, friendship, autonomy, and achievement, as well as pleasure [Hooker,B] |
| 20884 | Rule-utilitarians prevent things like torture, even on rare occasions when it seems best [Hooker,B] |
| 22001 | The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people' [Marx] |
| 21991 | The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer] |
| 21990 | Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx] |
| 22971 | In moving from capitalism to communism a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is needed [Marx] |
| 18662 | Liberal freedom is the right to be separate, and ignores the union of man with man [Marx] |
| 23372 | Liberals want the right to be separate, rather than for people to be united [Marx] |
| 20576 | Early Marx anticipates communitarian objections to liberalism [Marx, by Oksala] |
| 21999 | False consciousness results from concealment by the superstructure [Marx, by Singer] |
| 21989 | Man is dominated by money, which is the essence of his alienation [Marx] |
| 23862 | By saying the material dialectic of history aspires to the best, Marx agreed with capitalism [Weil on Marx] |
| 23875 | Marx says force is everything, and that the weak will become strong, while remaining the weak [Weil on Marx] |
| 22970 | Freedom is making the state subordinate to its society [Marx] |
| 18653 | Marx rejected equal rights because they never actually treat people as equals [Marx, by Kymlicka] |
| 21995 | Must production determine superstructure, or could it be the other way round? [Singer on Marx] |
| 20577 | Even decently paid workers still have their produce bought with money stolen from them [Marx] |
| 21996 | Freedom only comes when labour is no longer necessary [Marx] |
| 22969 | People who only have their labour power are the slaves of those permitting them to work [Marx] |
| 22000 | From each according to his ability, to each according to his need [Marx] |
| 21994 | The handmill gives feudalism, the steam mill capitalism [Marx] |
| 20958 | Capitalism changes the world, by socialising the idea of a commodity [Marx, by Bowie] |
| 23876 | The essence of capitalism is the subordination of people to things [Marx, by Weil] |
| 20960 | Marx thought capitalism was partly liberating, and could make labour and ownership more humane [Marx, by Bowie] |
| 22972 | Bourgeois 'freedom of conscience' just tolerates all sorts of religious intolerance [Marx] |
| 20519 | Marxists say liberal rights are confrontational, and liberal equality is a sham [Marx, by Wolff,J] |
| 6216 | Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland] |
| 20885 | Euthanasia is active or passive, and voluntary, non-voluntary or involuntary [Hooker,B] |
| 20882 | Euthanasia may not involve killing, so it is 'killing or not saving, out of concern for that person' [Hooker,B] |
| 7128 | Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition [Marx] |
| 5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |